Stamp.



J. A. MQCLURE.

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APPLIGATION FILED DEC. 28, 1911.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Allarney ITNESSES are intended to be used by merchants so 'JosEPH A. McCI-URE, or nMroRIA, KANSAS.

STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed December 28, 1911. Serial No. 668,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrrr A. McGu re,

a citizen'of the UnitedSt-ates, residing at hea Fig. 2 is a Emporia, in'the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Stamps, of whichthe' following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to stamps whichthat the cost and the selling price of the article may be placed upon the article by a single operation. This stamp is constructed somewhat similar-"to a dating stamp, and is provided with a novel tyipe of bndge so that the characters will be ivided into two positioned above the that one set is the cost-price andthe second set is the selling price. It is also necessary that the arms of the frame which carry the bridge should be positioned out of alinement so that the ends of the brid e may be centrally located upon the ends 0 the arms. x

, This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stamp. bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a section along the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4

sets, one set being other, thus i'ndicatmg 1s a perspective view of the bridge. Fig. 5 is a view of the blank from which the frame of the stamp is formed. Fig. 6 is a view showing an arrangement of letters which may be formed by this stamp.

The frame of this stamp 1s formed from the blank shown in Fig. 5, and comprises the head 10 from which the arms 11 and 12 and side pieces 13 and 14 extend. The arms 11 and 12 extend with their longitudinal axis out of alinement so that the arms are bent to the posit-ion shown in Fig. 1, they will be positioned out of alinement as shown. The arms are each provided with the cutout ortions 15, and an opening 16 near the (i 10 and with the notch 17 at the end formlng a seat for the bridge. The arms 11 and 12 are bent at right angles to the head 10 and the side pieces 13 and 14 are bent so thrt they are positioned between the arms 11 and 12 thus holdin the upper portions of the arms in spac relation. The free ends of the arms are connected by the bridge shown in Fig. 4, the bridge being positioned in the seat 17. The brid e has its end portions'18 and 19 positione out of alinement- 'nected at their inner ends, bands and connected by the web 20. Grooves 2 1 are cut in the ends of the bridge so that the bridge may be rigidly mounted in the seats 17 thus doing away with the danger of the bridge slipping loose. A shaft 22 passes through the frame and has its ends mounted in the openings 16 so that the disks 23 may be rotatably mounted in the frame. The disks are preferably formed of cork and are provided at one side withmetallic disks 24 having roughened edges so that the disks may be readily turned. The disks are positioned so that they extend across the out out portions 15 thus makin it easy to turn the disks. Bands 25 each carrying indicating characters pass around disks 23 and over the bridge. These bands may either carry numbers or other desired characters, such for instance as the alphabet or a code. The disks are divided into two sets by means of the plate 26 and the bands passing around one set of disks pass over the end 18 of the bridge and the bands passing around the remaining disks pass over the end 19 of the brid e. It will thus be seen that when the ban s are moved so that the desired characters appear on-the bridge and the stamp used that a set of indicating characters will be printed similar to those shown in Fig. 6, with one set positioned above the other. The merchant sets the stamp so that the purchase-price will be indicated by the code characters in one set, and the selling price indicated by either a code or by numerals in the remaining set. It will then be easy for an employee who knows the code to make a sale without danger of selling the goods below cost. The usual handle 27 is riveted in the opening 28.

What is claimed is 1. A stamp comprising a head, arms extending from opposite sides of said head and having their ends offset, side pieces extending from said head between said arms, a bridge connecting the ends of said arms, the end portions of said bridge being out of alinement, and marking means upon said bridge whereby sets'of characters may be printed out of alinement.

'2. A stamp comprising a frame, a bridge carried by said frame, certain portions of said bridge being out of alinement and conassing over the disalincd portions of said ridge, and marking means carried b said bands.

3. A stamp comprising a rame, a. bridge carriedby said frame, the end portions of said bridge being positioned out ofalinement, and bands passing over said bridge, said bands having marking characters formed thereon. v i

4. A stamp comprising a frame having a head, arms extending from said head, a shaft passing through said arms, disks rotatabiy mounted upon said shaft, a bridge connecting the ends of said arms, the end portions of said bridge being positioned out of aiineinent, and bands passing around said disks and over said bridge, marking characters being formed upon said bands.

5. A stamp cornprisinga head. arms extending from said head and having their ends ofiset, strips extending from the sides of said head and positioned between the upper portions of said arms, a bridge conoaome necting the free ends of said arms, the ends of said bridge being positioned out of aiinement, disks rotatably mounted between said arms, and type bands passing over said disks and over said bridge whereby char acters printed by said bands will form a plurality of groups of characters printed out of alinement.

6. A stamp comprising a frame, a bridge carried by said frame, said bridge comprising end portions positioned out of aiinement, a neck connecting the end portions, and printing means coiiperating With'said bridge.

In testimony whereof I hereunto my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH A. MOGLURE. Witnesses:

FRED A. BAIRD, H, A; TRUMAN.

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